Item 9 - Climate Change and Planning for Unpredictable Weather
... Wetter Winters: 15 per cent to 33 per cent wetter than the baseline average. Sea level rise: Sea levels are projected to rise by up to 96cms by the end of the century. ...
... Wetter Winters: 15 per cent to 33 per cent wetter than the baseline average. Sea level rise: Sea levels are projected to rise by up to 96cms by the end of the century. ...
El Niño Southern Oscillation-Tropical Cyclones/Hurricanes and
... Tropical cyclones in a warmer climate Most assessments of changes in tropical cyclone behaviour in a future climate have been derived from GCM or RCM studies of the climate response to anthropogenically-derived atmospheric forcings. Recently, more focused approaches have been used: nesting a hurric ...
... Tropical cyclones in a warmer climate Most assessments of changes in tropical cyclone behaviour in a future climate have been derived from GCM or RCM studies of the climate response to anthropogenically-derived atmospheric forcings. Recently, more focused approaches have been used: nesting a hurric ...
Slide 1
... Anthropogenic climate change is primarily the result of unsustainable practices which also lead to other significant environmental issues, including ...
... Anthropogenic climate change is primarily the result of unsustainable practices which also lead to other significant environmental issues, including ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... – Changes in solar intensity – Volcanic activity – Changes in atmospheric composition CO2 Aerosols Ozone – Changes in land surfaces ...
... – Changes in solar intensity – Volcanic activity – Changes in atmospheric composition CO2 Aerosols Ozone – Changes in land surfaces ...
What is MN350? What is 350 ppm? What is Moving Planet?
... governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. Accelerating arctic warming and other early climate impacts have led scientists to conclude that we are already above the safe zone at our current 394ppm, and that unless we are able to rapidly return to below 350 ppm this ...
... governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. Accelerating arctic warming and other early climate impacts have led scientists to conclude that we are already above the safe zone at our current 394ppm, and that unless we are able to rapidly return to below 350 ppm this ...
Shareholder Proposal to Emerson Electric Calls for Setting
... Electric, on the other hand, has not set any goals. While the company reports its GHG emissions to CDP, it received the third lowest CDP disclosure score in the industrials sector peer group. It is also notable that several companies in the industrials sector peer group with lower overall Scope 1 ...
... Electric, on the other hand, has not set any goals. While the company reports its GHG emissions to CDP, it received the third lowest CDP disclosure score in the industrials sector peer group. It is also notable that several companies in the industrials sector peer group with lower overall Scope 1 ...
Y11GeUC7.8 Kyoto PPwk18
... Keep to assigned amounts of GHG with overall worldwide reduction by at least 5% below 1990 levels by 2008-2012 This article states that countries will stick to their agreed commitments, but does not specify what the penalties will be if you don’t. The EU and others wanted real penalties for failure, ...
... Keep to assigned amounts of GHG with overall worldwide reduction by at least 5% below 1990 levels by 2008-2012 This article states that countries will stick to their agreed commitments, but does not specify what the penalties will be if you don’t. The EU and others wanted real penalties for failure, ...
Guillermo (Willy)
... Guillermo (Willy) Accame has over 30 years experience and a diverse background in risk management, insurance, Brownfield redevelopment, climate change, and sustainability. He manages risk throughout Panattoni Development’s global operations, advises the company’s Investment Committees, and serves as ...
... Guillermo (Willy) Accame has over 30 years experience and a diverse background in risk management, insurance, Brownfield redevelopment, climate change, and sustainability. He manages risk throughout Panattoni Development’s global operations, advises the company’s Investment Committees, and serves as ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 11 new studies and 17 experiments (involving more than 44 researchers) examining the ECS, each lowering the best estimate and tightening the error distribution about that estimate. Instead, the ...
... in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 11 new studies and 17 experiments (involving more than 44 researchers) examining the ECS, each lowering the best estimate and tightening the error distribution about that estimate. Instead, the ...
The impact of climate change on the global economy
... short-term economic cost to this action as resources are directed away from more productive uses. According to Mendelsohn (2013), the biggest threat climate change poses to economic growth is from immediate, aggressive and inefficient mitigation policies. The process of adaptation and mitigation wil ...
... short-term economic cost to this action as resources are directed away from more productive uses. According to Mendelsohn (2013), the biggest threat climate change poses to economic growth is from immediate, aggressive and inefficient mitigation policies. The process of adaptation and mitigation wil ...
Morality in Public Policy: Climate Change Carmen Lawrence Earth
... that they had heard of “global warming”, but a more than 6% said they had not heard of “climate change” and there was some evidence that they understood climate change and global warming as different phenomena, apparently judging global warming as more serious than climate change. Nearly 17% claimed ...
... that they had heard of “global warming”, but a more than 6% said they had not heard of “climate change” and there was some evidence that they understood climate change and global warming as different phenomena, apparently judging global warming as more serious than climate change. Nearly 17% claimed ...
Integrated Assessment - Jeroen van der Sluijs
... practice, traditional forms of knowledge integration, such as books, expert panels and advisory bodies combining monodisciplinary assessments were too slow and too inflexible to fulfill all the needs of the dynamic and issue-driven policy process. Examples of policy needs where traditional means of ...
... practice, traditional forms of knowledge integration, such as books, expert panels and advisory bodies combining monodisciplinary assessments were too slow and too inflexible to fulfill all the needs of the dynamic and issue-driven policy process. Examples of policy needs where traditional means of ...
IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report
... It is very likely that the Arctic sea ice cover will continue to shrink and thin as global mean surface temperature rises ...
... It is very likely that the Arctic sea ice cover will continue to shrink and thin as global mean surface temperature rises ...
Climate Change: The Need to Consider Human Forcings in Addition to Greenhouse Gases by
... • Climate Change is any multi‐decadal or longer alteration in one or more physical, chemical and/or biological components of the climate system. Climate change includes, for example, changes in fauna and flora, snow cover, etc which persist for decades and longer. Climate variability can then ...
... • Climate Change is any multi‐decadal or longer alteration in one or more physical, chemical and/or biological components of the climate system. Climate change includes, for example, changes in fauna and flora, snow cover, etc which persist for decades and longer. Climate variability can then ...
what are the links between population dynamics and climate
... by mid-century leaving an estimated 180 million deaths on the continent. The effect to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions not being absorbed fully by the oceans came back in the 1950s whereby several authors emphasized that there will be a significant amount in the atmosphere that would eventually warm ...
... by mid-century leaving an estimated 180 million deaths on the continent. The effect to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions not being absorbed fully by the oceans came back in the 1950s whereby several authors emphasized that there will be a significant amount in the atmosphere that would eventually warm ...
Study Session 9 Introduction to Climate Change
... since the start of the 20th century, which scientists have detected. Climate change is a global problem that is having widespread effects on the weather on every continent and in every nation. It is altering environments and impacting on biodiversity, human health and sustainable economic and social ...
... since the start of the 20th century, which scientists have detected. Climate change is a global problem that is having widespread effects on the weather on every continent and in every nation. It is altering environments and impacting on biodiversity, human health and sustainable economic and social ...
S3-Wheeler.pps
... An integrated approach to climate impact assessments • Crops can modify their own environment – The water cycle and surface temperatures vary according to land use • Integrate biological and physical modelling – By working on common spatial scale – By fully coupling the models ...
... An integrated approach to climate impact assessments • Crops can modify their own environment – The water cycle and surface temperatures vary according to land use • Integrate biological and physical modelling – By working on common spatial scale – By fully coupling the models ...
No Slide Title
... • Clean Development Mechanisms – Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) • Emissions Trading - Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) • The Registry system ...
... • Clean Development Mechanisms – Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) • Emissions Trading - Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) • The Registry system ...
Barbados Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
... limited land and natural resource base; and a small open economy. These will be exacerbated by the impacts of climate change and, if left unchecked, undermine the sustainable development gains that have been achieved over the course of the country’s history. Barbados is experiencing more extreme wea ...
... limited land and natural resource base; and a small open economy. These will be exacerbated by the impacts of climate change and, if left unchecked, undermine the sustainable development gains that have been achieved over the course of the country’s history. Barbados is experiencing more extreme wea ...
Palutikof
... • Submissions of literature and/or text can be made to the appropriate CLA, the Co-Chairs or the TSU, for consideration IPCC Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability ...
... • Submissions of literature and/or text can be made to the appropriate CLA, the Co-Chairs or the TSU, for consideration IPCC Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability ...
2007 Tripartite Symposium April 23 2007
... involved, the uncertainties prevailing about the processes that govern the forcing, and the resulting confidence in the numerical values of the estimate. On the vertical axis, the direction of expected surface temperature change due to each radiative forcing is indicated by the labels “warming” and ...
... involved, the uncertainties prevailing about the processes that govern the forcing, and the resulting confidence in the numerical values of the estimate. On the vertical axis, the direction of expected surface temperature change due to each radiative forcing is indicated by the labels “warming” and ...
Programme 4 A Climate of Change Unit 4: A Climate Of Change
... Use the video, pick a sample, prepare a questionnaire. Extend the household questionnaire to include the local authority. Most of the preparation has been already completed if the class have already completed activities 1, 2 and 3. 1. View the videotape and complete the worksheets of questions. 2. P ...
... Use the video, pick a sample, prepare a questionnaire. Extend the household questionnaire to include the local authority. Most of the preparation has been already completed if the class have already completed activities 1, 2 and 3. 1. View the videotape and complete the worksheets of questions. 2. P ...
NRDC: Norfolk, Virginia-Identifying and Becoming More Resilient to
... frequent rainfall events, higher dissolved carbon dioxide area ranks 10th in the world in the value of assets exposed to concentrations, and higher temperatures will lead to more increase flooding from sea level rise. frequent and intense blooms of algae. Precipitation and Storm Events Action and Fl ...
... frequent rainfall events, higher dissolved carbon dioxide area ranks 10th in the world in the value of assets exposed to concentrations, and higher temperatures will lead to more increase flooding from sea level rise. frequent and intense blooms of algae. Precipitation and Storm Events Action and Fl ...